Posts Tagged «best buy»

Apple Pay launched in the US last week, and its apparent success is already breeding contempt: With no public explanation, both CVS and Rite Aid — huge US drugstore/pharmacy chains — have stopped accepting Apple Pay. A leaked memo from Rite Aid says a consortium of US retailers is working on a mobile wallet solution, and thus Apple Pay was disabled so that their own solution — called CurrentC — will stand more of a chance when it’s launched in 2015.

As the release of the Ouya draws closer, some big news has come to light. This won’t be an online-only experience. Not only will you be able to buy the Ouya directly from the manufacturer’s website, but major brick-and-mortar chains will be selling the inexpensive gaming platform as well.

Best Buy may not be long for this world. The sad fact is that big box retailers are a dying breed, and nearly everyone knows it. Everyone, that is, except for Richard Schulze, the billionaire founder of Best Buy who has an ambitious $10 billion to save the franchise.

We’ve compiled the best Black Friday deals for discerning geeks. This is by no means an exhaustive list of the good deals out there, but everything on this list is worth buying, even if you don’t need it right away. Everything on this list, even at full price, would be a good purchase.

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